Bekr

Abu-Bekr, of Othman, and of Ali; but so far their warlike achievements had been always on land, their only sea experience being confined to the crossing of the Straits of Gibraltar, when in the eighth century, under

Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean E. Hamilton Currey

El-Bekrī, in the twelfth century, had noticed the practice of sending galleys on the cruise for prey (perhaps during war) from the harbours of Bona; and Ibn-Khaldūn, in the fourteenth, describes an organized company of pirates at Bujēya, who made a handsome profit from goods and the ransom of captives.

The Story of the Barbary Corsairs Stanley Lane-Poole

Khurasan and Sheba which is El-Yemen, and Diyar Kalach (Bekr) and the land of Aram Naharaim (Mesopotamia), and over the dwellers in the mountains of Ararat and the land of the Alans [132], which is a land surrounded by mountains and has no outlet except by the iron gates which Alexander made, but which were afterwards broken.

The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela Benjamin of Tudela

Abu-Bekr tolerated the Jewish remnant in Khaibar and al-Kura; but this toleration ceased under Omar, the prophet's second successor.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

Bekr, also called Ibn Tofail (1100-85), and Averroes, or Ibn Roshd

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

Abu Bekr and Ali both founded communities of ascetics, [3] and during the first and second centuries of Islam there were many orthodox mystics.

Mystics and Saints of Islam Claud Field 1902

Syrians have much belied us, seeing we do but after the word of Abu-Bekr El-sideek, the successor of the Prophet, and, after him, the first commander of true believers.

The Talisman 1894

Death of Abu-Bekr; accession of Omar as head of the Saracens.

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04 Rossiter Johnson 1885

During the same year Mahomet sent Abu-Bekr to Mecca, to perform the pilgrimage, and sacrifice in his behalf twenty camels.

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04 Rossiter Johnson 1885

Most of them had never seen Mahomet, and paid reverence to Abu-Bekr through mistake; but the latter put aside the screen of palm leaves, and pointed out the real object of homage, who was greeted with loud acclamations.

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04 Rossiter Johnson 1885